Declare climate crisis a global public health emergency, experts tell WHO | Climate crisis

The climate crisis should be declared a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization, or millions more people will die unnecessarily, leading international experts have said. The independent pan-European commission on climate and health, which was convened by the WHO, concluded the climate crisis was such a worldwide threat to health that the…

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SCI Redefined as a Broken Brain–Body–Environment Loop

Summary: A new study argues that Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) must be reframed from a simple disruption of motor pathways into a fundamental systems-level disorder. The framework posits that SCI permanently fractures communication, desynchronizes physiological states, and halts learning across the entire brain–body–environment loop. To achieve true, adaptive recovery, the authors argue that rehabilitation must…

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Protesters disrupt environmental conference at Jesus

Protesters picketed the entrance to the event Ryan Teh for Varsity Environmental activists disrupted a conference held at Jesus College on Tuesday (12/05), organised by the UN Environment Programme to “build relationships” between “business, finance and conservation leaders”. The Organisation of Radical Cambridge Activists (ORCA) accused the event of hosting “major polluters, multinational mining giants,…

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Stanford women’s basketball coach accused of fostering ‘toxic’ environment amid player exodus, per report

After missing the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year and seven players entering the transfer portal, the Stanford women’s basketball program is now dealing with questions about culture under head coach Kate Paye, who just wrapped up her second year as Tara VanDerveer’s successor. “Not a great environment,” a parent of a player who…

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